Meeting the Neighbors
Eliana was on her hands and knees in the garden when she heard a sweet voice say hello behind her. She turned around and saw a woman who looked to be in her late sixties. The woman introduced herself as Patricia, and though she smiled at Eliana, she wasn’t there just to say hello.
“I know you’re new here, and I wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood. You’ll find we like things a certain way here. You might want to rethink the color of that mailbox,” Patricia said and handed Eliana a letter to punctuate her sentence. Patricia waved goodbye and walked away before Eliana could really process what had just happened. Then, Eliana opened the letter.
